Deadline: 31-Jan-25
The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce the National Conservation Lands Management Studies Support Program to develop and maintain strong partnerships with State, local, university, tribal, and non-profit stakeholders in shared conservation stewardship by engaging partners in conducting management-focused research on the National Conservation Lands.
The National Conservation Lands programs financially support studies aimed at increasing our understanding of the resources present on BLM lands, the values these areas protect, and the effectiveness of BLM’s resource management decisions.
Program Goals
- Management-Driven Research: On the ground research that provides information that can directly inform a pertinent and pressing management question at units of BLMs National Conservation Lands.
- Community/Citizen Science: On the ground research that engages citizens (volunteers) as assistants in data collection, compilation, or analysis to improve BLM’s management and, advance evidence-informed decision-making, while benefiting society.
- Tribal Co-Stewardship: studies which explore opportunities for, evaluate, or seek to re invigorate co-stewardship activities with Tribal entities, including but not limited to application of Indigenous Knowledge.
Program Description
- The BLM is unique in its mission of managing the public lands for multiple use and sustained yield of resources, including conservation. Approximately 37 million acres of BLM land is recognized for outstanding conservation values as designated for special management by acts of Congress or Presidential Proclamations.
- The BLM manages these special areas to maintain and enhance their conservation values with the goal to conserve, protect, and restore these important landscapes and their outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $350,000
- Award Ceiling: $40,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.